Chapter 17


    We went around looking in different shops until we got hungry. Apparently everyone else had the same


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    thoughts we did. We found everyone, including the girls, in the food court. Leo sat me down at the table


    with everyone before he walked away.


    "I don''t think I''ve seen you before. Who are you?" Freya asked me. She was really pretty. She had


    smooth red hair and pale skin with emerald green eyes. Her figure was nice too.


    "The Leo whisperer," Easton joked. The guys at the tableughed, but I opted for smiling politely.


    "Sky, fencer," I answered.


    "Wait fencing? You''re not even on the swim team, how do you know Leo?" She followed up.


    "We''re desk mates and roommates," I answered.


    "He''s also Leo''s personal manager, and kid," Nathan joked.


    "Looks like you two are close," she smiled ufortably.


    "But has anyone ever told you that you look like a girl?" She asked. The guys erupted inughter.


    "He gets it all the time," Codyughed. Leo came back and set a tray of food in front of me.


    "Eat," he said simply.


    "Leo, you sure do take good care of Sky," Freya said, turning her attention to him.


    "Sky is my kid," Leo said simply before getting into his own food.


    "We don''t see much of you around," Freya said, trying to revive the dead conversation.


    "I don''t like people," he said before taking a bite of his food.


    "I go where my kid goes. You haven''t noticed?" Cody said, mocking Leo. Leo didn''t look bothered by it


    at all as the guysughed. After we ate, Leo insisted that we get some rest. Well, he insisted I get


    some rest after he caught me yawning a few times. After the rest of the guys promised a time to meet


    up with the girls tomorrow, we headed back to the hotel. I''dpletely forgotten about the one bed


    sleeping arrangement until we were staring at it once again.


    "I can sleep on the floor," Leo suggested. Looking around, there''s wasn''t enough suitable space for him


    to sleep on the floor with our bags in the way.


    "It won''t work. There''s not enough room for anyone to sleep on the ground. We''ll just have to both


    sleep on the bed," I said.


    "You shower first," he said. I took a change of clothes to the bathroom and did just that. When I was


    finished, Leo took his shower while I sat on the bed with the towel around my neck flipping through


    channels. Leo came in and hesitantly sat next to me. When he saw my dripping hair, he sighed and


    pulled the towel from around my neck before putting it on my head. He ruffled it as he tried to dry it.


    "You''ll catch a cold this way. The temperature in here is already freezing," he said as he dried my hair. I


    was so taken aback I could only watch his face as he focused on drying my hair.


    "Was that really the reason why you call me your kid? Because you''ve taken responsibility for me?" I


    asked. He smirked but his eyes were still on what his hands were doing.


    "That was only half the reason. The other reason is to keep myself from messing up and outing you as


    a girl. ''My kid'' is easier than messing up and saying ''she'' instead," Leo admitted.


    "Makes sense," I said. I stopped his hands as I grabbed his wrists. His eyes went to mine as he froze.


    We were stuck looking at each other. Neither one of us knowing what to do next. I looked away first as I


    felt my cheeks heat.